The question
How would you want people to remember you?Originally asked
Vogue, to one guest at a time, on camera, 73 Questions
A recurring legacy prompt in Vogue's 73 Questions, appearing with only minor wording changes.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Isn’t it enough just to be remembered?
The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 February 2026 source ↗
As somebody who brought joy to people.
As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.
Just remembered, really.
Often, with laughter.
Warmth and confidence.
To my father, who was aggressively indifferent to what I was doing. He did say sorry to me when he was dying and I don’t think I was very gracious.
At university in the 60s, I thought social justice was going to improve exponentially. How wrong I was.
The rest is silence.
Edward Bond, the playwright, said I was like a turd flowing on the effluent of British culture.
In despair, because of my wife’s illness.
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